That’s a wrap: Amy’s Baking Company sold 2 years after ‘Nightmares’

PHOENIX — Amy’s Baking Company, the Phoenix-area restaurant that gained negative international attention after the owners’ explosive appearance on a reality TV show, has been sold.

Owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo, whose fiery appearance on “Kitchen Nightmares” in 2013 told the Phoenix Business Journal the Scottsdale bistro at Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard had been sold to B and R Food and Wine.

Last week, the business tweeted out:

Or is it just the beginning?😊 #amysbakingcompany pic.twitter.com/nLGILeJcmS

— Amy's Baking Co.2.0 (@bouzagloabc) September 1, 2015

In July, the couple said they had lined up a buyer from France.

At the time, the Bouzaglos said they were leaning toward starting another business: selling and delivering custom-made desserts to restaurants and businesses.

Their volatile personalities were splashed across social media after they were featured on celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s show.

During the episodes, the couple shouted obscenities at customers and each other and were accused of stealing the wait staff’s tips.

After that episode, they were fiercely criticized online. From there, they went on the defensive with Facebook posts that grew increasingly dramatic.

We do not feel the need to make any excuses for our behavior on tonight’s show.
However we would like to make the following statement:
We do not, nor have we ever stolen or taken any of our servers ,waitresses, or waiters tips at Amy’s Baking Company.
We pay our staff members anywhere between $8.00 to $14.00 per hour to ensure that at the end of the week regardless of it being busy or not, that they go home with money and a well paid paycheck. As do many other restaurants.
They are aware of this when they are hired.
I would challenge any of our employees past or present to come forward with proof that we have ever done such a horrible thing.

So please enjoy the show!
Amy & Samy

Samy and I will stand strong through the oppression that has been thrown at us. We ask that our supporters keep us in their prayers, through this rough and unjust time in our lives. Thank all of you, and thank God. We will not bend to the will of these haters and sinners.

I AM WONDER WOMAN. I AM A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND A GREAT MOM TO MY KIDS. AND WE WILL BE PARENTS TO A HUMAN KID, ONE DAY TO. WE WILL SHOW ALL OF YOU.

Eventually, the Bouzaglos said their accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Yelp had been hacked.

Over a year later, Amy Bouzaglos said they had received death threats and were regularly harassed online. She said that it was a struggle to overcome the antagonism and hostility created by the TV episode.

“Does the world really not get it? Do they really not know that the show was fake? Do they not understand that we were set up? Do they really have that tiny of a mind that they can’t open their mind and they believe everything that’s on TV?” she told KTAR in October 2014.

The Bouzaglos even sat for an episode of celebrity counselor “Dr. Phil” in 2014 to defend themselves.

Related

Estate planning is essential even if you don’t have a lot of wealth or are early in family lifeAlex Murdaugh’s defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during pretrial hearingTrump will rally Georgia Republicans despite party divisions in battleground stateTrump wants the midterms to be all about himself. Judging by the ads, Democrats are happy to obligeTempe becomes 1st Arizona city to enact strict ban on Automated License Plate ReadersPhoenix Art Museum receives $5M gift for Asian art expansion